Applications
Use death as your advisor for major decisions. When choosing between comfort and growth, ask what your 80-year-old self would regret. The regret minimization framework turns abstract mortality into concrete decision criteria.
Practice periodic mortality contemplation. Set aside time monthly or weekly to reflect on your finite existence. This isn't morbid—it's strategic clarity. What would you do differently if you had one year left? Why not do some of that now?
Let mortality purify your commitments. The great renunciation means accepting death's inevitability with courage, turning away from unattainable dreams without regret, and cultivating inner control despite external limits we cannot change.
Drop the fear through philosophical understanding. The Epicurean approach recognizes we won't be there to experience death—the fear is irrational. Our consciousness won't suffer non-existence because there won't be an "us" to suffer.